World Series of Poker -- Sam Farha Wins Event No. 25Stops James Dempsey's Run at Second Bracelet of the Series |
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Sam Farha hadn’t cashed in a major poker tournament in over a year going into event No. 25 ($10,000 Omaha eight-or-better championship).
The cash-game pro ended the drought with his third bracelet in one of the longest Omaha 8/OB final tables in history — over 12 hours of tense action.
Farha’s win prevented the 2010 World Series of Poker from seeing its first double-bracelet winner. James Dempsey, winner of event No. 9 ($1,500 pot-limit hold’em), finally faltered after four hours of heads-up battle.
The 2003 main event runner-up now has three WSOP titles in variations of Omaha. With only eight cashes in his career at the summer series, Farha has three bracelets.
Even though Farha’s win puts him in the company of fellow three-time bracelet winners such as Barry Greenstein, Mike Matusow, and Chip Reese, he only worries about numbers that are preceded by a dollar sign.
“I am not competing for bracelets,” Farha said. “If I did, I would play every single event. I pick the events that I like. I am not trying to compete to get 10 bracelets or 11 bracelets. I don’t like tournaments too much.”
Here are the final results:
1. Sam Farha — $488,237
2. James Dempsey — $301,790
3. Yueqi Zhu — $225,326
4. Sergey Altbregin — $169,368
5. Tony Merksick — $128,097
6. Michael Chow — $97,508
7. Eugene Katchalov — $74,670
8. Abe Mosseri — $57,552
9. Steve Wong — $44,619
Here are the elimination hands as featured in Card Player’s live updates:
Steve Wong Eliminated in Ninth Place ($44,619)
Sam Farha raised, James Dempsey called, and Steve Wong moved all in for 56,000 total. Farha and Dempsey called. The flop came K
6
5, and Farha led out. Dempsey called. The Q
fell on the turn, and action went check-check. The 10
hit the river. Farha exposed the A 10 9 3 for a pair of tens. Dempsey mucked, and Wong tabled the A 8 6 3 for a pair of sixes. He was eliminated from the tournament.
Abe Mosseri Eliminated in Eighth Place ($57,552)
Abe Mosseri was all in after a flop of A 9 4 versus Yueqi Zhu. Zhu tabled the A Q 6 2 and was behind the A K J 5 of Mosseri. The 9 fell on the turn. Zhu picked up a flush draw to go along with his low draw. The Q on the river gave Zhu a higher two pair and eliminated Mosseri.
Eugene Katchalov Eliminated in Seventh Place ($74,670)
Eugene Katchalov had all his chips in the middle preflop versus Sam Farha and Sergey Altbregin. The flop came K 8 8, and Farha bet. Altbregin called. The 4 fell on the turn, and action went check-check. The K landed on the felt, and Farha checked. Altbregin bet, and Farha called. Altbregin exposed the A K 7 2, winning the side pot and the main pot versus the the A A Q 5 of Katchalov.
Michael Chow Eliminated in Sixth Place ($97,508)
Michael Chow got all of his chips in the middle preflop versus James Dempsey. Demspey exposed the A K 5 2, and Chow tabled the A 7 6 4. The board ran out Q 9 3 3 J, and Chow was eliminated.
Tony Merksick Eliminated in Fifth Place ($128,097)
Sergey Altbregin bet, James Dempsey raised, Yueqi Zhu called, and Tony Merksick reraised. Altbregin called, and Dempsey threw in the fifth bet. Zhu, Merksick, and Altbregin called. The flop came K 10 7, and Zhu bet. All three of his opponents called, and the 6 pealed off the deck. Zhu bet again, Merksick called all in for his tournament life, Altbregin called, and Dempsey called. The 6 on the river prompted another bet from Zhu. Altbregin folded. Dempsey called. Zhu tabled the K K J J for kings full. Dempsey mucked his inferior hand, and Merksick exposed the A 6 5 3 for his elimination.
Sergey Altbregin Eliminated in Fourth Place ($169,368)
Sergey Altbregin raised from the button, and Yueqi Zhu called from the big blind. The flop came A K Q, and Altbregin got the rest of his short stack into the middle. Zhu called and tabled the A K 9 9, while Altbregin exposed the A 7 5 4. The 9 fell on the turn, giving Zhu a set. Altbregin was drawing dead. The meaningless A landed on the felt. Altbregin was gone in fourth.
Yueqi Zhu Eliminated in Third Place ($225,326)
Zhu was all in preflop against James Dempsey. Dempsey exposed the A K 5 4, while Zhu tabled the 4 5 10 10. The board ran out 8 4 2 3 J, giving Dempsey the wheel and ending Zhu’s tournament.
James Dempsey Eliminated in Second Place ($301,790), Sam Farha Wins Event No. 25 ($488,237)
James Dempsey got his last 200,000 in the middle with the J 8 6 5. Sam Farha called with the J 9 7 4. Farha and Dempsey witnessed the board run out 10 4 3 10 10, completely bricking for Dempsey. Farha won the title and $488,237.
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